A whopping new price tag for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is driving the Army to pursue a new three-step "bridging" strategy for modernizing its light tactical vehicle fleet, charting a course that could lead to more near-term purchases of humvees with key improvements, according to Pentagon documents. The Army, according to documents and Defense Department sources, now estimates that each Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will cost $418,000 -- nearly 70 percent higher than a $250,000 target cost that would...
